1. Welcome to GIS in Water Resources 2009
David Maidment, David Tarboton and Ayse Irmak

2. Learning Objectives By the end of the class you should be able to:
Plot a map of a hydrologic region including measurement sites and associate it with time series of data measured at those locations;
Develop a Hydrologic Information System that links time series of water observations to locations where the measurements are made
Create a base map of a study region including watersheds, streams, and aquifers by selecting features from regional maps;
Interpolate measured data at points to form raster surfaces over a region, and spatially average those surfaces over polygons of interest;
Do hydrologic calculations using map algebra on raster grids;
Build a geometric network for streams and rivers;
Apply the Arc Hydro data model to a set of streams, watersheds, water bodies, monitoring points and time series of information measured at those points;
Analyze a digital elevation model of land surface terrain to derive watersheds and stream networks;
Use remote sensing information in ArcGIS

3. Our Classroom Dr David Tarboton Students at Utah State University
Dr Ayse Irmak Students at University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Dr David Maidment Students at UT Austin

4. Six Basic Course Elements
Lectures
Powerpoint slides
Video streaming
Readings
“Arc Hydro: GIS in Water Resources”
Homework
Computer exercises
Hand exercises
Term Project
Oral presentation
HTML report
Class Interaction
Discussion
Examinations
Midterm, final

5. Websites http://www.engineering.usu.edu/dtarb/giswr/2009